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Bark Root Flat Something - Trogoxylon parallelipipedum
Copyright © 2009 Tim Moyer

Bark Root Flat Something - Trogoxylon parallelipipedum
Medford, (~25 miles east of Philadelphia, PA) Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
June 7, 2008
Size: 4.2mm
I'm horrible at these. Is this a Laemophloeidae? It looks familiar, but I can't place it. The pronotum sure has a few right angles and parallel sides.

came to UV light

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Contributed by Tim Moyer on 9 February, 2009 - 9:53pm
Last updated 15 August, 2020 - 7:05pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… William Ericson, 9 February, 2009 - 10:11pm

Trogoxylon parallelopipedum sounds about right
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… v belov, 9 February, 2009 - 10:02pm

 
thanks,
I knew it looked familiar. But now I've been fooled twice on these.
… Tim Moyer, 10 February, 2009 - 7:12am

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